Land, Performance, Povera, Body, Feminism

Question 1

Site Works/Land Art

Answer 1

a form of art in which the landscape is inseparable from the art work. Works are not placed in a setting; the setting and the work are one.

Question 2

“expanded field” of sculpture

Answer 2

The idea that sculpture and architecture blends to ultimately result in installation, and the blurring of humanity space and art, becoming Land Art.

Question 3

essentialism

Answer 3

A belief that things have a set of characteristics that make them what they are, and that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery and expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence

Question 4

Fibonacci numbers

Answer 4

a sequence of numbers in which each number equals the sum of the two preceding numbers (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8..)

Question 5

entropy

Answer 5

Lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.

Question 6

Answer 6

Spiral Jetty (1970) • Robert Smithson

Question 7

Answer 7

Double Igloo (1979) • Mario Merz

Question 8

Answer 8

Splitting, Four Corners (1974) • Gordon Matta-Clark

Question 9

Answer 9

Catalysis IV (1971) • Adrian Piper

Question 10

Answer 10

Tree of Life (1977) • Ana Mendieta

Question 11

Answer 11

The Dinner Party (1974) • Judy Chicago